The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Rustam rescues Bizhan from the Pit", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- 1560–80
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm) W. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) Painting: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm) W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 65.7.2
- Credit line
- Purchase, Rogers Fund and Joseph V. McMullan Gift, 1965
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Horses
- Men
- Women
The Met object ID 451782. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.